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单词 ear
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ear

noun
 
/ɪə(r)/
/ɪr/
Idioms
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    [countable] either of the organs on the sides of the head that you hear with耳；耳朵
    • the left/right ear左耳；右耳
    • He put his hands over his ears.他用双手捂住耳朵。
    • She's had her ears pierced.她扎了耳洞。
    • The elephant flapped its ears.大象拍打着双耳。
    • in somebody's ear She whispered something in his ear.她对他耳语了几句。
    • He was now screaming in my ear.他现在在我耳边尖叫。
    • He was always there with a sympathetic ear (= was always willing to listen to people).他总是愿意倾听别人的心声。
    • an ear infection耳朵感染
    see also cauliflower ear, external ear, glue ear, inner ear, middle ear
    Extra Examples
    • A blast of punk rock music assaulted her ears.突然迸发的一阵朋克摇滚乐冲击着她的耳朵。
    • A horse may show annoyance by putting its ears back.马会向后斜耳朵以表示恼怒。
    • A small noise caught his ear.一个很小的声音引起了他的注意。
    • At first I stopped my ears to what I did not want to hear.起初我对不想听的话捂住耳朵不听。
    • Blood from his torn ear was soaking his collar.他被撕裂的耳朵流出的血浸湿了衣领。
    • Chinese music uses a scale that is unfamiliar to Western ears.中国音乐使用的音阶，西方人听起来有点儿陌生。
    • Christopher felt his ears reddening.克里斯托弗觉得他的耳朵在发热。
    • Dogs can hear things that human ears can't hear.狗能听到人耳听不到的声音。
    • Each animal receives an individual ear tag.每只动物都有一个单独的耳标。
    • He had three ear piercings.他穿了三个耳朵眼。
    • He has really big ears that stick out.他有一对大招风耳。
    • He pressed his ear to the door, but heard nothing.他把耳朵贴到门上，但是什么也听不到。
    • He waited in the darkness, his ears alert for the slightest sound.他在黑暗中等着，警醒地聆听着最细微的声音。
    • If you suck a sweet as the plane takes off it stops your ears popping.飞机起飞时含一颗糖果可以防止耳朵胀痛。
    • a rabbit with long floppy ears耷拉着长耳朵的兔子
    • He could hear much better after having his ears cleaned out.清洗过耳朵之后，他听得清楚多了。
    • She nibbled on his ear.她轻轻地咬他的耳朵。
    • His sharp ears had picked up the uncertainty in her voice.他敏锐地觉察出她声音中的犹豫。
    • Drop a quiet word in her ear about it before it's too late.在还来得及之前，把这件事先悄悄地向她说一下。
    • I have a few words for your ears alone.我有几句话只说给你听。
    • I strained my ears to catch the conversation in the other room.我竖起耳朵仔细听另一个房间里的谈话。
    • If news of the break-in reaches the boss's ears, we're in trouble.如果非法入室的事情传到老板的耳朵里，我们就麻烦了。
    • My heart was pounding in my ears.我能听到自己的心在怦怦地跳。
    • She couldn't see, but her ears told her that the guards had arrived.她虽然看不见，但是能听得出卫兵已经到了。
    • She did not like the scheme, as she made clear every time she found a receptive ear.她不喜欢这个方案，每当有人愿意听她讲时，她都要说明这一点。
    • The dog pricked up its ears.狗竖起了耳朵。
    • The explosion set my ears ringing and even made me jump a bit.爆炸震得我耳鸣，甚至吓得我跳了一下。
    • The sound of the blast filled my ears.爆炸声震得我耳朵嗡嗡直响。
    • The voices buzzing all around echoed in her ears.周围嗡嗡的说话声一直在她耳边回响。
    Topics Bodya1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • left
    • right
    • inner
    • …
    verb + ear
    • plug
    • stop
    • block
    • …
    ear + verb
    • catch something
    • detect something
    • hear something
    • …
    ear + noun
    • canal
    • drum
    • lobe
    • …
    preposition
    • in your ear
    phrases
    • be all ears
    • beam, grin, smile, etc. from ear to ear
    • bend somebody’s ear
    • …
  2. -eared
     (in adjectives) having the type of ears mentioned有…耳朵的；耳朵…的
    • a long-eared owl长耳鸮
    More Like This Compound adjectives for physical characteristicsCompound adjectives for physical characteristics
    • -beaked
    • -bellied
    • -billed
    • -blooded
    • -bodied
    • -cheeked
    • -chested
    • -eared
    • -eyed
    • -faced
    • -fingered
    • -footed
    • -haired
    • -handed
    • -headed
    • -hearted
    • -hipped
    • -lidded
    • -limbed
    • -mouthed
    • -necked
    • -nosed
    • -skinned
    • -tailed
    • -throated
    • -toothed
  3. [singular] an ability to recognize and copy sounds well灵敏的听力；辨音力
    • She has always had an ear for languages.她一直对语言有敏锐的洞察力。
    • You need a good ear to master the piano.弹好钢琴需要有敏锐的辨音能力。
    Extra Examples
    • He has a keen ear for dialogue.他热衷于听别人谈话。
    • He has a good ear for accents and can usually tell where a speaker comes from.他对口音有灵敏的辨别力，通常能听出讲话人来自哪儿。
    • To the trained ear the calls of these birds sound quite different.对于受过训练的耳朵而言，这些鸟的叫声十分不同。
    • It takes time to attune your ear to the local accent.要过一段时间才能听得懂当地的口音。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fine
    • good
    • keen
    • …
    verb + ear
    • have
    • attune
    preposition
    • by ear
    • ear for
    phrases
    • have a tin ear for something
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    [countable]     the top part of a grain plant, such as wheat, that contains the seeds（谷类植物的）穗
    • ears of corn玉米穗
    Topics Farmingc2
    5. Word Originsenses 1 to 3 Old English ēare, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch oor and German Ohr, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin auris and Greek ous.sense 4 Old English ēar, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aar and German Ähre.
Idioms
be all ears
  1. (informal) to be waiting with interest to hear what somebody has to say全神贯注地听；聚精会神地听
    • ‘Do you know what he said?’ ‘Go on—I'm all ears.’“你知道他说什么了吗？”“讲吧，我洗耳恭听。”
bend somebody’s ear (about something)
  1. (informal) to talk to somebody a lot about something, especially about a problem that you have向某人唠叨诉说（尤指自己的难处）
be out on your ear
  1. (informal) to be forced to leave (a job, etc.)被迫离开（工作岗位等）；被撵出去
be up to your ears in something
  1. (informal) to have a lot of something to deal with深陷于；忙于应付
    • We're up to our ears in work.我们工作忙得不可开交。
box somebody's ears
(also give somebody a box on the ears)
  1. (old-fashioned) to hit somebody with your hand on the side of their head as a punishment打某人耳光
cock an ear/eye at something/somebody
  1. to look at or listen to something/somebody carefully and with a lot of attention侧耳倾听；凝神细看
something comes to/reaches somebody’s ears
  1. somebody hears about something, especially when other people already know about it传到…的耳朵里
    • News of his affair eventually reached her ears.他的绯闻终于传到她耳朵里。
somebody’s ears are burning
  1. a person thinks that other people are talking about them, especially in an unkind way（感到有人议论自己，尤指说闲话而）耳朵发热
    • ‘I bumped into your ex-wife last night.’ ‘I thought I could feel my ears burning!’“我昨天晚上偶然遇到你的前妻。”“怪不得我好像觉得耳朵发热呢！”
somebody’s ears are flapping
  1. (British English, informal) a person is trying to listen to somebody else’s conversation某人正竖着耳朵听
easy on the ear
  1. (informal) pleasant to listen to悦耳的；好听的
    • Their music is all very easy on the ear.他们的音乐都很容易听。
easy on the ear/eye
  1. (informal) pleasant to listen to or look at好听的；悦耳的；好看的；悦目的
    • The room was painted in soft pastels that were easy on the eye.房间被涂成柔和的粉彩，赏心悦目。
fall on deaf ears
  1. to be ignored or not noticed by other people不被理睬；不被注意；被置若罔闻
    • Her advice fell on deaf ears.她的忠告没有受到重视。
give somebody/get a thick ear
  1. (British English, informal) to hit somebody/be hit on the head as a punishment打耳光；挨耳光
    • You’ll get a thick ear if you’re not careful!如果你不小心的话，你的耳朵就会变得很厚！
go in one ear and out the other
  1. (informal) (of information, etc.) to be forgotten quickly一只耳朵进另一只耳朵出；被当作耳边风
    • Everything I tell them just goes in one ear and out the other.我无论对他们说什么都只被当作耳边风。
    • I knew that my words were going in one ear and out the other.我知道他把我说的都当耳边风。
have something coming out of your ears
  1. (informal) to have a lot of something, especially more than you need有的是某物（形容大量拥有，甚至超过所需）
    • That man has money coming out of his ears.那个男人的耳朵里有钱。
have somebody’s ear | have the ear of somebody
  1. to be able to give somebody advice, influence them, etc. because they trust you在某人那里说得上话；使某人听得进去
    • He had the ear of the monarch.他在君主那里说得上话。
    • This was the woman who had the ear of the President.这就是那个能跟总统说得上话的女人。
have a word in somebody’s ear
  1. (British English) to speak to somebody privately about something和…说私话；与…密谈
    • Can I have a word in your ear about tomorrow's presentation?关于明天的演示我能和你说几句吗？
keep your ears open (for somebody/something)
  1. to listen out for somebody/something that you might hear（对…）充耳不闻，置之不理
keep your ears/eyes open (for somebody/something)
  1. to listen or look out for somebody/something that you might hear or see留心听；保持警惕；密切注意
keep/have your ear to the ground
  1. to make sure that you always find out about the most recent developments in a particular situation注意看动向；掌握最新发展情况
    • The agent had no suitable properties on his books but promised to keep an ear to the ground for us.该代理人在他的账上没有合适的房产，但承诺会为我们密切关注地面情况。
lend an ear (to somebody/something)
  1. to listen in a patient and kind way to somebody聆听；倾听
make a pig’s ear (out) of something
  1. (British English, informal) to do something badly; to make a mess of something把事情办砸；弄得一团糟
(you can't) make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear
  1. (you won't) succeed in making something good out of material that does not seem very good at all（不可能）用劣材制精品，化腐朽为神奇Topics Successc2
music to your ears
  1. news or information that you are very pleased to hear好消息；令人满意的信息
not believe your ears
  1. (informal) to be very surprised at something you hear（对…）保持警觉；注意；留心
    • I couldn't believe my ears when I heard the news.当我听到这个消息时，我简直不敢相信自己的耳朵。
    • She actually apologized. I couldn't believe my ears!她居然道歉了，我真不敢相信自己的耳朵！
not believe your ears/eyes
  1. (informal) to be very surprised at something you hear/see不相信自己的耳朵（或眼睛）；对所闻（或所见）非常吃惊
    • I couldn't believe my eyes when she walked in.她走进来时我简直不相信自己的眼睛。
play (something) by ear
  1. to play music by remembering how it sounds rather than by reading it凭记忆演奏；不看乐谱弹奏
    • She usually plays the guitar by ear, rather than reading the music.他通常凭记忆来弹吉他，而不是靠看乐谱。
play it by ear
  1. (informal) to decide how to deal with a situation as it develops rather than by having a plan to follow见机行事；随机应变；根据情况需要行动
    • I’m not sure how many people are expected—we’ll just have to play it by ear.我不知道会有多少人，我们只好随机应变了。
prick (up) your ears
  1. (of an animal, especially a horse or dog) to raise the ears竖起耳朵
  2. (also your ears prick up)
     (of a person) to listen carefully because you have just heard something interesting; to listen out for something you might hear倾耳细听
    • Her ears pricked up at the sound of his name.她一听到他的名字，耳朵就立刻竖了起来。
    • I walked along, ears pricked for the slightest noise.我一边走一边竖起耳朵聆听最轻微的声音。
ring in your ears/head
  1. to make you feel that you can still hear something在耳边回响
    • His warning was still ringing in my ears.他的警告依然在我耳边回响。
shut/close your ears to something
  1. to refuse to listen to something（对…）充耳不闻，置之不理
    • She decided to shut her ears to all the rumours.她拿定主意对所有的谣言置之不理。
smile/grin/beam from ear to ear
  1. to be smiling, etc. a lot because you are very pleased about something眉开眼笑；笑得合不拢嘴
    • He was beaming from ear to ear.他笑得合不拢嘴。
    Topics Feelingsc2
turn a deaf ear (to somebody/something)
  1. to ignore or refuse to listen to somebody/something（对…）置之不理，充耳不闻
    • He turned a deaf ear to the rumours.他对这些谣言置若罔闻。
walls have ears
  1. (saying) used to warn people to be careful what they say because other people may be listening隔墙有耳
(still) wet behind the ears
  1. (informal, disapproving) young and without much experience乳臭未干；少不更事；没见过世面 synonym naive
    • He was still wet behind the ears, politically.在政治上，他仍然一无所知。
with a flea in your ear
  1. if somebody sends a person away with a flea in their ear, they tell them angrily to go away以气愤的言语，以责难（把人轰走）
with half an ear
  1. without giving your full attention to what is being said, etc.心不在焉地听
    • He listened to her with only half an ear as he watched TV.他在看电视，并没很注意听她讲话。
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